Quotes About Perseverance

It is easy to begin but hard to stick at, which is why I respect anyone who has completed a long hike. You learn a lot, someone, by hiking in the hills

It's called optimism — but I'm losing the hang of it fast.

It is always better to try and fail than not to try.

Arethusa liked to call us Poseidon's Children. Orphans of the storm. We'd endured the worst the world could throw at us, the worst consequences of our own stupidity, and came through ... ready to face the dawn. But there are always more storms, Chiku.

Why do today what you can still do in a quarter of a million years?

Sufficient determination will conquer any natural reluctance.

We're all Poseidon's children, Geoffrey: whether we like it or not." "Poseidon's children," he repeated. "Is that supposed to mean something?" "We came through. That's all. We weathered the absolute worst that history could throw at us, and we thrived. Now it's time to start doing something useful with our lives.

Let me explain something about survival. You do not worry about the third or fourth stepping stone until you have successfully traversed the first and second. Anything beyond them is a diversion of energies away from the immediate moment.

Nothing worthwhile's ever easy

Keep trying,' Merlin said. 'Keep making mistakes, and learning from them. That's all any culture ever does.

Losing has changed my whole persona about fighting.

'Faith and Will' sprang from my personal experience with passing through a dark spiritual time.

I know from personal experience what it's like to be discriminated against. I remember people telling me, 'Ladies don't become lawyers,' and now I look at America and know what can be done.

From my own personal experience, I can tell you that things I achieved in the J2 league meant a lot to me.

My personal goals are to fight and beat the best opponent possible.

You will encounter misguided people from time to time. That's part of life. The challenge is to educate them when you can, but always to keep your dignity and self-respect and persevere in your personal growth and development.

I want an autobiography without revealing any personal information.

After 'Ace of Space,' I had quite a bumpy ride in terms of my career and personal life.

For me, the only thing I had to look forward to was the ring because my personal life wasn't doing that great, so my fake life was what I was holding onto.

I can fall on my face at times, but I get right back up, dust myself off, laugh, and keep it moving. I never take things or myself too seriously in my personal life.

Obviously, personal responsibility is important. But there's no evidence that people who are poor are less ambitious than anyone else. In fact, many work long hours at backbreaking jobs.

The biggest challenge was becoming a leader and taking our team to the highest level. Feeling the personal responsibility to take the team to the next level. Overcoming fear of inadequacy and never getting down on yourself or doubting who you are.

I took it as my personal responsibility to be able to juggle. I didn't want anybody to help me and I didn't expect my office to make it easy for me.

At its heart, 'Meru' is a personal story.